The number of employees of the Russian Embassy in Prague will decrease by 81 people, and Czech in Moscow – at 111. Thus, the Russian Foreign Ministry summed up the conflict with the Czech Republic, RIA Novosti reports.
in the foreign policy department they said that 35 diplomats and 46 technical staff will leave the Embassy of Russia. The Czech Embassy will leave 16 diplomats, 4 technical staff and 91 local employees.
Russia and the Czech Republic relations worsened against the background of the accusations against the Russian special services, which Prague considers involved in an explosion in the warehouse of ammunition in Vrbetice in 2014. In this regard, she sent 18 diplomats whom they suspected to work at the special services, and Moscow in response declared people of non-graphs of 20 employees of the Czech Embassy.
After the Czech Republic, the number of employees in the Russian Embassy in Prague still reduced: diplomats will become less than 20 people, and the technical staff – at 42. Thus, the same people will operate in the Czech diplomsia in the Czech Republic in Moscow : seven diplomats and 25 maintenance. In response, Moscow demanded to reduce the composition of the Embassy of the Czech Republic, taking into account the dispartyr.
explosions occurred on October 16 and December 3, 2014, two people died as a result of the first. Exploded, presumably ten thousand kilograms of ammunition, including medium-range missiles. The reason for the occurrence remained unknown, according to one of the versions, the explosion happened due to the negligence of workers.